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Ten Lao Students will Seek the Way to Peace Building in Japan

November 8, 2016
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On 7 November 2016, 10 Lao university students departed from the Wattay International Airport to Japan to participate in a study tour under the “JENESYS 2016” programme supported by the Japanese Government.

The group will stay in Japan from 8 to 15 November 2016 and take part in the “Peace Building” programme.

The study tour aims to deepen mutual trust and understanding among young people from Japan and ASEAN countries, and to build a basis for friendship and cooperation among the countries.

The 10 Lao students were selected as outstanding students in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports.

These students, together with students from other ASEAN member states, Timor Leste and India, will visit either of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, which were once destroyed by the use of nuclear weapons during World War II, to learn the tragic history through briefings by storytellers.

They will also experience a home stay and a school-exchange programme to deepen their understanding of Japanese society, history and its diverse culture.

JENESYS 2016 is a people-to-people exchange programme between Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, and will succeed JENESYS 2015.

The Japanese Government will invite about 340 Lao young people to Japan this fiscal year. The objective of the programme is to promote mutual trust and understanding among the peoples of Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, and to build a basis for future friendship and cooperation.